Tackling Egypt's Rising Crime Wave

Author:
Al Jazeera English
Publisher:
Al Jazeera English
Publication Date:
21 May 2012
Tags:
Egypt, Legal and Judicial Affairs

Campaigning in Egypt has finished ahead of the country's first presidential election since last year's revolution.

There's now a 48-hour political silence before voting begins on Wednesday and the new president will be announced by the end of June.

But, as Rawya Rageh reports from the town of Shubra El Kheima just north of Cairo, crime is rising and has become one of the main election issues.

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